Iceland, Haywards Heath

Property Description

• Freehold, blue-chip convenience store & long leasehold rear yard & car park investment
• The property comprises a large free-standing food store occupied entirely by Iceland. The building is arranged on ground and first floor only. Construction is by way of structural frame under a flat roof and brick external elevations.
• The ground floor comprises a large sales area with storage area to the rear and the first floor provides staff and ancillary space. The store has recently been re-fitted in Iceland’s latest retail format.
• To the rear is a loading bay and customer car park providing 10 car parking spaces.
• The unit benefits from both a substantial and prominent frontage and the fact that it also occupies a corner position.

Location Description

• Haywards Heath is situated some 9 miles south of Crawley, 12 miles north of Brighton and some 11 miles from London Gatwick Airport. The town lies on the A272 some 4 miles east of its junction with the A23 trunk road, which provides fast and easy access to the M23 motorway and from there the M25 and the rest of the national motorway network.
• Haywards Heath mainline rail station provides regular train services to London, approximate journey time 42 minutes, Brighton (21 mins) and the South Coast.
• Haywards Heath has a population of 29,100 and a district population of 131,000. Haywards Heath contains a significantly above average proportion of adults in the most affluent social groups AB & C1.
• The property occupies a prominent position in the town centre in Haywards Road, close to it’s junction with South Road, the principal retail street and close to the main entrance to the Orchards Shopping Centre anchored by Marks and Spencer.
• The Iceland store is situated immediately adjacent to one of the town’s main shopper car parks. Nearby occupiers include Lloyds Bank, Currys, Vision Express and Robert Dyas.

Additional Notes

• The rear yard and car park are held on a 125 year lease from 25/10/1982 at a peppercorn rent (the building itself is Freehold)